Brain Power: Grades 4-5

Relationship to the National Science Education Standards

This mission aligns with the following two standards identified in the NSES: science as inquiry and science in personal and social perspectives. The charts that follow identify how the mission aligns with each of these standards.

Science as Inquiry

Levels K–5

How Mission Is Aligned

Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry

Students experience some of the steps in the process of scientific inquiry: making observations, developing a hypothesis, completing an investigation to test the hypothesis, and drawing conclusions.

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives

Levels K–5

How Mission Is Aligned

Personal health

Students learn about the effects of several different drugs on the body, the brain, and the nervous system. They discuss the impact this information has on their lives and how they can use it to make wise decisions about their own health.